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Your Sex IQ

Even one wrong answer to this "Sex I.Q." quiz means you need more information. Correct answers are found at the end of the quiz.

  True False
1. It's a hassle to get birth control. [ ] [ ]
2. Even if you don't have sex often, you should carry condoms just in case. [ ] [ ]
3. A woman can't get pregnant if a man pulls his penis out of her vagina before he "comes." [ ] [ ]
4. Everybody's doing it. [ ] [ ]
5. When two guys are close friends, they must be gay. [ ] [ ]
6. Masturbation is one of the safest sexual activities. [ ] [ ]
7. A girl can't get pregnant before she turns 16. [ ] [ ]
8. Most sexually transmitted infections happen to women and men under 25. [ ] [ ]
9. Condoms work by killing sperm. [ ] [ ]
10. Having sexual intercourse proves you're a "real man" or a "real woman". [ ] [ ]
11. When a woman says "no," she really means "yes." [ ] [ ]
12. When anyone forces a friend or a date to have sexual intercourse, it is rape. [ ] [ ]
13. Most women have orgasms from vaginal stimulation. [ ] [ ]
14. Sex before marriage makes for success in marriage. [ ] [ ]
15. Pleasing your partner when you have sex is more important than your own pleasure. [ ] [ ]
16. Sex is better with alcohol or drugs. [ ] [ ]

Answers to the Sex I.Q.

1. FALSE. Anybody can buy condoms in drugstores or from vending machines. You can often get them free — and you can discuss other birth control options — at sexual and reproductive health centers, other family planning clinics, and most public health departments.

2. TRUE. People who don't often have sex are more likely to be unprepared. Always be prepared.

3. FALSE. Withdrawal is better than no birth control at all. But there is still a chance of pregnancy — and sexually transmitted infections.

4. FALSE. Only about half of high school students have ever had intercourse. Far fewer have it on a regular basis. Many kids who have had sex wish that they had waited.

5. FALSE. It is natural for a man to show and receive affection from other men in his life — his friends, his father, brothers, uncles, coaches, or teachers.

6. TRUE. Masturbation is a risk-free sexual activity.  Some people are embarrassed to talk about it, but most people enjoy masturbation throughout their lives.

7. FALSE. A woman is capable of getting pregnant any time she has unprotected sex — even the first time.

8. TRUE. People under 25 have more sexually transmitted infections than anyone else. People who have sex should talk with their clinicians about getting tested for infections.

9. FALSE. Condoms work by preventing semen, which contains sperm, from entering your partner's body.

10. FALSE. Sex doesn't prove anything — that you are mature, straight, or gay.

11. FALSE. Take her at her word. When a woman says "no" she means "no."

12. TRUE.  When someone is forced to have sexual intercourse, it is rape.  Rape is always a crime.

13. FALSE.  Most women have orgasms from clitoral stimulation.

14. FALSE.  Neither sex before marriage nor abstinence until marriage can guarantee that a marriage will work.

15. FALSE.  Relationships suffer when partners ignore their own pleasure.  When both partners are interested in pleasing themselves as well as one another, communication can improve between them — and this can lead to a
better relationship.

16. FALSE.  Continued use of alcohol and other drugs can lead to problems with sex — even a loss of interest in sex.






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